Beach week celebrations

Every June, thousands of new high school graduates from the D.C. area flock to the shore for a week of sand, sun and freedom.

June 3, 2012Kaity Phelps, left, and Austin Geithner celebrate beach week in Ocean City, Md. They traveled from Annapolis and join hundreds of recent high school graduates in the town for the week.Marvin Joseph/THE WASHINGTON POST